Vanilla Cupcakes!

[Rakhi]

My Sister in law is a vegetarian and hence I had to learn to make egg-less cupcakes for her. I was surprised that they actually held together and the consistency was just fine! This is supposed to be low fat too! So...anyway enough introduction. Here is the recipe. This makes 50 mini cupcakes and 15 regular muffins.

Brown Sugar (light or dark)- 2/3 cup
All purpose flour (maida)- 1 and 1/2 cup
Vanilla extract-1 tsp
salt- a pinch
Baking powder - 1 tbsp (no, you cannot avoid this)
flavorless oil (I used regular cooking oil) - 1tbsp
Water- 1 cup
cupcake baking tray
cupcake liners of your choice

Optional: Vanilla frosting.

Make sure you follow the right measurement's. This makes a lot of difference.

Procedure:
1. Mix all the above ingredients with the exception of water.
2. Then add water and sift thoroughly without any lumps. This is the difficult part (yeah baby...use that muscle). Don't add more water. 1 cup should be enough for the above measurements.
3. At this point pre heat the oven to 350F/180C.
4. Line in the cupcake liners in the baking tray.
5. Fill them to just below the trim. Don't over fill it as these expand while baking.

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6. Once the oven is ready, bake them for 14 minutes (14-15mins for mini cakes and 18-19 mins for regular muffins). Remove them from the oven and let them cool a little bit before adding frosting (which is optional, I used Vanilla).

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Tip: make sure to set the time so that you don't forget to remove them after 14-15 minutes (or 18-19 mins for regular muffins). Even if it looks un-cooked, trust me it is completely baked.

Once you get the hang of it, it hardly takes 30 mins to bake these! Its low fat too and is our favorite breakfat/snack. I made some with frosting and some without.

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Enjoy! Sorry, i am not sure why the pictures aren't clear.